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Dialogic Discourse

Dialogic Discourse     In "Dialogics as an Art of Discourse in Literary Criticism" (101 [1986]: 788-97) Don H. Bialostosky attempts to convert Bakhtin's theory of dialogic discourse into a practice of literary criticism. Bialostosky's argument is based on an undisciplined interpretation of Bakhtin's terms and a mistaken definition of Aristotle's terms. Were the effort he proposes made in good faith, it would eventuate not in a changed mode of critical discourse but in discourse about critics rather than about literature. Were it made in bad faith, it would encourage an illusive writing that conceals its premises while using that illusiveness as a rhetorical strategy.      Bakhtin uses the concept of the dialogic imagination in two senses, the first having to do with the novel's mimesis of the tension between individuals' sense of autonomy and the multiplicity of their interconnections within the social nexus that permits their discou...
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Journal Review: Discourse Analysis and Reflexivity

Title                  : Discourse Analysis and Reflexivity Author              : Ellsworth R. Fuhrman and Kay Oehler Journal             : Social Studies of Science Publication       : Vol. 16, No. 2 (May, 1986), pp. 293-307 Abstract            : There have been several attempts in the past decade and a half to redirect and invigorate the course of science studies in the United States, Great Britain, and Western Europe.1 The claims and shortcomings of one of these areas in the sociology of science- discourse analysis (hereafter DA) - is the focal point of this Note. Recent comments by Shapin and Col...
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Journal Review: DISCOURSE STUDIES IN THAILAND by Somsonge Burusphat

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Title                  : DISCOURSE STUDIES IN THAILAND Author              : Somsonge Burusphat Journal             : Discourse Studies Publication       : Vol. 4, No. 4 (2002), pp. 501-510 Abstract            : This article discusses the status of discourse studies in Thailand, including research on the Tai-Kadai, Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman and Hmong-Mien language families and Thai textbooks. Most previous discourse studies on the Tai-Kadai language family are focused on written forms. Theme (topic, storyline, event) and cohesion seem to be the most studied topics. In more recent years, the trend of discour...
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Journal Review: THE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE OF INTERETHNIC BEHAVIOURS AND RELATIONS: THE CONTESTATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY by Susana Widyastuti

Title                  : THE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE OF INTERETHNIC BEHAVIOURS AND RELATIONS: THE CONTESTATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY Author              : Susana Widyastuti Journal             : LITERA Publication       : Vol 18, No 3: NOVEMBER 2019 Abstract            : Drawing from Discursive Social Psychology (DSP) (Potter, 1998; Potter & Edwards, 2001), this study is concerned with how attitudes, behaviours, and identity can be observed through language in use or discourse. Focusing on the narratives of the marginalized Chinese Indonesians, the study is particularly aimed at revealing behaviours in coping with th...
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VULNERABILITY OF URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: STREET VENDORS IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA (Summary)

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VULNERABILITY OF URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: STREET VENDORS IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA Author(s)          : Aloysius Gunadi BRATA Source              : Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 5, No. 5   (14) (February 2010), pp. 47-58           Published by    : Research Center in Public Administration and Public Services Notes             : Full document can be found on https://www.jstor.org/stable/24861505  VULNERABILITY OF URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: STREET VENDORS IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA Aloysius Gunadi BRATA Faculty of Economics, Atma Jaya Yogyakar t a University Jl. Babarsari No. 43, Yogyakarta, Indonesia aloy.gb@gmail.com             Indonesia is one of the countries with la...
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